So excited to share these with you!!!!  These are the three featured rap artists on my album (to be released October 15th!).  See my FB http://www.facebook.com/MonicaDockeryMusic for more details.  These are not just collaborators, I consider these three talented individuals my friends.  They have been such a great support of me and my music in the past and we've worked on tracks together before.  It is my pleasure to have them on my first album.  Thank you so much to the three of you!  Best wishes.  

SoulMade (feat. Ben Z, Dash the Baptist, TheNamesMillen)

These are three songs off the new collaborative album w/ http://www.soundcloud.com/derek-cornett. Available now at my website: http://www.monicadockery.com, on I-Tunes, Rdio, Google Play, and Spotify.... 

All lyrics and vocals: Monica Dockery
All music and mixing/mastering: Derek Cornett

From the Heart Album w/Derek Cornett Preview (more info at http://www.monicadockery.com)

Hello!  Just another free vocal for you to use under a Creative Commons license (see conditions).  If you use them, I'd love for you to share what you did with me.  Thanks!  Have a great week everyone:)

Free Freestyle Vocal #5 for SC community (see description)

Hi friends!  I have a favor to ask of you.  I have entered the Guitar Center Singer Songwriter 3 contest.  It would really help my chances and raise my rating if you could click on the link below and watch the video for the song.  If you could share it on any of your social networking sites that would be a great help as also.  I'm very behind as I have joined the contest about a week late.  So, every bit would help.  I cannot say how much I appreciate you and the SC community.  You have helped me to grow as a writer/singer and have inspired me.  ALSO, Cyra Morgan has entered the contest again.  Last year she made it to the finals.  It would be great to have the SCCommunity represented there again! Her link is below too!  Peace to you all.  Here is the link!
My Entry: http://songwriter.revimage.com/channels/Monica+Dockery

CONTEST ENDS NOV.9th, multiple views/clicks count! :)

Cyra's Entry: http://songwriter.revimage.com/channels/Cyra+Morgan



Two Moons (Guitar Center Singer/Songwriter Contest Submission see desc.)

Another feature!  TheNamesMIllen has been such a huge support for me and we collaborated on another song before that is one of my all-time favorites.  So, I had to ask him to do another for the album.  We co-produced this track ( he added all the bells and whistles that made it pop:) ).  Thanks Millen!  Check out his sounds at https://soundcloud.com/thenamesmillen

Ain T No Good  Monica Dockery Feat TheNamesMillen Prod By

A feature from another one of my favorite rappers on the Cloud :).  Thanks Ben, you are awesome!!!  And you are a hero to your kids and wife.  That's why I thought this would be the perfect song to have you on.  Please check out his mixtape at: http://benz.bandcamp.com/album/my-new-mix-tape
The drums for this track were donated to me by https://soundcloud.com/abra-sh (thanks Abrash!)

John Henry Monica Dockery feat. Ben Z

I've been wanting to do a collaboration with Dash for quite a while now, so glad he agreed to be on the album!  Thank you Dash! Check out all of Dash's sounds at https://soundcloud.com/d-dash-flow.  You won't regret it.  Also, he has an EP coming (where you'll hear more of our collaborations:)) so be on the lookout for that! The drum track was donated to me by https://soundcloud.com/kaizen-sounds

Anythang But Monica Dockery feat. Dash the Baptist

This is the entry by https://soundcloud.com/westfront for my SoulMade Remix contest where I invited the SC community to remix two of the songs from my "SoulMade" album (available at http://monicadockery.com).  If you like his entry best out of all the entries please vote for him by clicking on the "<3" (the "love" button) on this track.  Each "love" is a vote for him to win the contest.  Thanks so much for listening and participating.  PLEASE  be sure to visit his page and listen to more of his sounds if you like what you hear.  Cheers!

SoulMade REMIX Contest Entry - "Two Moons" Remix by Westfront (voting ends Dec.11th)

This is a collaboration with @ramon44. He had created an instrumental inspired by his young son. He invited me to add lyrics and vocal. It was my honor, as I have a young son too and could relate to the sentiment he had for his. He shared a bit about who his son is with me and this song is the result of that information. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks Ramon, for trusting me with such a personal song! Here are the lyrics:

The world is full of wild and strange things
 I wish I could save you from them all 
but I know that you have to learn
 how to be a man in this world
 I just hope that you know, that I'm here for you
 I hope that you know that I cheer for you

When you choose your path
 whenever you look back
 I pray you see I did my best to 
prepare you for when life tests you
 the wild, the winter's cold, 
the darkness you don't know 
but you will be ready

you will be ready
 you, you will be ready

Baseball, books, the park, the swings,
 I'll remember all those things
 when you pack your bags to leave 
I'll hold onto those memories 
But now, won't you go and make your own
 now is the time for you to know
 the world is yours

it's yours, the world is yours// 
and you, you are so ready/
 and I, still will be here for you
 and I, still will cheer for you

The Wild ( For Ramon's Son - collab w/Ramon44)

New song from a  new collaborative album with http://www.soundcloud.com/derek-cornett.  Release will be late Summer 2014.  Hope you enjoy!  Lyrics/Vocal: Monica Dockery Production/Music:Derek Cornett.  Keep updated on the album at http://mdockery20005.wix.com/monicadockery

There is a man named Joe/who lives this life alone/wonder when the night man comes/will anybody know?/That he sang a good song and loved crochet and he once found love on a summer's day/but she loved that money more than his touch/yeah, he's seen a lot, but it still ain't much

Small lives///

Now there goes Marisol/her heart is made of gold/she crossed her t's and dotted i's/but it still came as a surprise/When they up and took her house away/cause the bills got high and she couldn't pay/now she lives on a street that we all pass by/tell me, tell me, how is this a paradise?

Small lives///

Small lives, small lives ain't what it seems
Small lives, small lives is you and me.....
(there's a universe, and we're the dust, small lives is all of us//)

From the Upcoming Album out 9/16/14 -  Small Lives

This is the title track of the collaborative album From the Heart w/Derek Cornett.  Available now at http://www.monicadockery.com.   

Support on Bandcamp

From The Heart w/Derek Cornett (title track from the album read desc.)

This is the last track of the collaborative album From the Heart w/Derek Cornett.  Available now at http://www.monicadockery.com.   

Your Home (final track on album w/Derek Cornett)

This is another track off the collaborative album From the Heart w/Derek Cornett.  Available now at http://www.monicadockery.com.   

Who Needs Coffee (from the album w/Derek Cornett

An experimental piece based off of the track from Pirok (https://soundcloud.com/pirok) called "Leave Ya".  His track, my words and vocals.  Enjoy. Share. Love and peace. 

3Cheers - collaboration w/Pirok

Just wanted to play around with some vocal layers and such.  Messing around.  Here are the lyrics in case:

The lions wearing sheep coats
the sheep holding the guns
the pigs wallow in mud made 
of pride and delusion
it's easy to pretend folks
and so much fun
but can we call it what it is
cause I'm so gettin' done

We got beast in the streets
beast in the streets//

No, I can't for give the bulldog
who likes to eat his own
or the bats who hide their faces
away from the sun
scared that I might see them for
the beasts that they are
can I forgive if they evolve?
can I evolve that far?

We got beasts in the streets
beasts in the streets//

Unfinished Layers (for fun on a Saturday)

I'm really excited about this opportunity.  Looking forward to meeting you and please feel free to contact me for collaborations,  meetup ideas, or to just say hi!

Monica Dockery..SoundCloud Hero for Anaheim, Ca (Intro.)

The show must go on!  My second collaboration with Rick O'Shea - www.soundcloud.com/rick-oshea-1, a guy focused on a mission to get Irish rap out there.  Hope it puts a fire in you to keep doing what you're doing, fight back, fight harder!  This is an Anno Domini beat (http://www.facebook.com/annodominibeats).

Show Must Go On ( clean ) RickO'Shea, Monica Dockery (Anno Domini beat)

This is a first for me:).  I have always written poetry, but NEVER have performed it.  Neither has Bao.  But, we had this idea two do a three-part poem collaboration and tell a story in three stages, so we got brave and gave it a try.  Hope you enjoy the drama as it unfolds:)! Check out his stuff at www.soundcloud.com/bao7891

Hers and His-tory (spoken word/poetry collab. Bao7891 and Monica Dockery)

a little noodling on the guitar....one of my contributions to this month's SoundCloud Heroes collaboration.  For more information on how to get involved, see http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/soundcloud-heroes for more details.

Shimmering Guitar (SC Heroes Sept. collaboration stem)

I don't usually do covers, but I felt like doing one tonight.  This is for all you who grew up in the 90s:)!!  It is a bit different from the original, so beware.  Have a good night all!  Got a few new original songs coming out in the near future too.


PM Dawn's I'd Die Without You (cover)

Zefora's contribution to the Day4Women Soundtrack

You can hear more of Zefora's music at http://soundcloud.com/zefora.

Paper Houses by Zefora

Here is my contribution to the Day4Women Album.  You can download this song and the ENTIRE album, 12 songs from 12 of your fellow female Soundclouders!  And the SC community montage is also available as the last track.  It is a free download for all at www.day4women.org.  Please come by and listen to some awesome music from some awesome ladies!

Dreamin' A Way - Day4Women Album (please read description)

This if my first, and hopefully not last, collaboration with Jaze Baqti.  Hear his music here: https://soundcloud.com/jaze-baqti.  We both share a love for jazz and hip-hop and so it was a good match-up I think:).  Thanks Jaze for this awesoooome track and for putting the pieces together!  Here are the lyrics:

Chorus: 
I see that new day comin' 
it's comin' just around the corner now 
I see that new day comin' 
can you feel it now now

See, we've been walkin' down this same ol' dusty road 
for years, just draggin' our feet in the dirt 
turning deaf ear, blind eye to the flowers 
don't care if one or all gets hurt

but what about your brother? 
or what about your little baby sister now? 
if we could love one another 
we could usher in that new day

(Chorus)

You are him, I am her 
oooooh 
come alive to the infinite line 
that's drawn between you and me 
I said, ooooh 
if we're gonna' survive, we gotta see that line 
cause, see, it connects you and me 
and if you fall, then I'll surely

(Chorus)

What about your brother 
what about your little baby sister now 
if we could love one another 
heeyyyy 
You are him, 
I am her 
You are him 
I am her 
We are us 
We are us 
I love us, I love us, I love us soooo

Let's celebrate a new day 
Let's celebrate a new day 
Let's celebrate that new day 
heeyyyyyy

A New Day (a collab. with Jaze Baqti, read description)

Why do I have this damn cold?!

A second collab. w/ Jaze Baqti who happens to be a fellow SC Hero now:). Listen to his tracks @https://soundcloud.com/jaze-baqti.  Enjoy!

In The Mood w/Jaze Baqti

This is a remix of the collab. between me and Jaze Baqti featuring TheNamesMillen.  
http://soundcloud.com/jaze-baqti
http://soundcloud.com/user9517112

Monica Dockery/Jaze Baqti  NEW DAY  REMIX Feat TheNamesMillen

SoundCloud Heroes are kicking off the year with a large-scale community organized project: Audiobiography.

Audiobiography is an opportunity to introduce your profile and sounds. The community is the backbone of SoundCloud. Whether you're a listener or an avid musician, introduce yourself by participating in this collective project: Who are you and what’s important to you?

Whats important to me?... justice, peace, love, soul.  This is an abridged version I made to meet the 90 sec. req.  The full song is in my tracks under the title "Bullet".  The audio samples are from Dr. Martin Luther King and Maya Angelou, two of MY heroes.

It's easy to participate.
Record or creatively share a sound that describes and answers the question: who are you and what's important to you? Perhaps it's a freestyle rap, or a recording that features your latest piano composition as background music. Keep track to ~90 seconds.
Name the track Audiobiography with your name, as such "Audiobiography: Monica Dockery." Add a description.
Tag the track "audiobio" and upload. 
If you have the Spotlight feature, pin the sound to the top of your profile. You can also add the sound to your profile's description under soundcloud.com/settings/advanced.

Audiobiography is going to be massive, and we want everyone to be part of it. In the coming months, your audiobiography will be shared on SoundCloud and on our official blog. Connect with people around the world and hear the people behind the sounds.

Here's a link to the soundcloud blog post with more on this:
http://blog.soundcloud.com/2013/02/06/audiobiography/


Audiobiography: Monica Dockery (abridged - see description)

This is the unabridged version of my autobiographical submission for the large-scale project put out by Soundcloud Heroes.  Details below:


Audiobiography is an opportunity to introduce your profile and sounds. The community is the backbone of SoundCloud. Whether you're a listener or an avid musician, introduce yourself by participating in this collective project: Who are you and what’s important to you?

What's important to me?  the song says it all....justice, peace, progress, soul, love.

It's easy to participate.
Record or creatively share a sound that describes and answers the question: who are you and what's important to you? Perhaps it's a freestyle rap, or a recording that features your latest piano composition as background music. Keep track to ~90 seconds.
Name the track Audiobiography with your name, as such "Audiobiography: Monica Dockery." Add a description.
Tag the track "audiobio" and upload. 
If you have the Spotlight feature, pin the sound to the top of your profile. You can also add the sound to your profile's description under soundcloud.com/settings/advanced.

Audiobiography is going to be massive, and we want everyone to be part of it. In the coming months, your audiobiography will be shared on SoundCloud and on our official blog. Connect with people around the world and hear the people behind the sounds.


Bullet (see description)

Thanks to @http://www.soundcloud.com/jaze-baqti for sharing his track with me.  Hope you enjoy!

Moving Away (prod. by Jaze Baqti)

This is my submission for the National Poetry Month Collaborations community collaboration project put out by the SC Heroes  (find out more here:  http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/46955630575/this-is-a-guest-post-by-soundcloud-hero-monica).  Part of the track was a remix I did of a remix done by Bijou of Ian Melvin's original track.  I added the "oneliners" submitted by Nina B, Sky Milan, and Bidoche Musique to that.  Producing is not really my forte, but I was inspired to experiment:) by everyone else's submission so far! This is what I looooove about SC!  Hope you like the finished product.  Thanks to everyone for their submissions! 

Skye Milan - https://soundcloud.com/skye-milan/national-poetry-month-skye

BIdoche Musique - https://soundcloud.com/bidochemusique/national-poetry-month-bidoche

Nina B - https://soundcloud.com/rememberme-nina-b/whats-eating-you-nina-b-poem

Ian Melvin - https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/sets/the-hollow-3

BeJohn - https://soundcloud.com/bijou-john/ian-melvin-in-the-hollow

Here is the link to the first remix I did of Ian's track and BeJohn's remix with my backing vocals (what I added the oneliners to):

https://soundcloud.com/monicadockery/in-the-hollow-remix-of-ian

National Poetry Month: Monica Dockery (w/Skye Milan, Nina B, Ian Melvin, BeJohn, Bidoche Musique)

Here is a VERY rough/raw freestyle recording on my phone that I did the other night.  I have decided that starting tonight (and until I feel like stopping) I will post one free-to-dl-and-use-as-you-please freestyle vocal a week for anyone who wishes to use it.  I would love if you could just be sure to mention my name in credits.  This recording is pretty noisy and low and there are crazy sounds of someone playing a loud video game in the background... :/.  But, it was in the moment and that was the moment.  In the next postings, though, I will try to find a quiet spot to record.  Hope someone can use something in there!  Make sure to share with me if you do decide to use it, so I can listen and share it too:).  Take care!

#1 Freestyle Singing - FREE VOCALS WEEKLY (read description)

Here is a VERY rough/raw freestyle recording on my SC phone app that I did yesterday.  I'm posting a new FREE freestyle vocal for anyone who wants to use it, once a week.  This is the second one I've posted.  I just basically press record and go with whatever comes out (I did cut out a few parts where I had interruptions), so parts of this may be a bit scary:)....but, hopefully you'll find something in there you can use!  Make sure to credit my name if you use it and share w/me please:).  Thanks.  

Freestyle #2 Free Vocals for SC Community (see description)

A collaboration on an adaptation of one of my MOST favorite songs of all time with:

@www.soundcloud.com/westfront
@www.soundcloud.com/moodymo


Summertime [feat. Monica Dockery // MoodyMo // Prod. Westfront]

Free vocals for anyone to use as long as you follow the terms of the Creative Commons license.  This is a vocal that I freestyled as I was listening to someone's track.  I usually do this with most of the tracks I get....just listen to it and record whatever comes out naturally first.  Then, I go back over and refine.  Hope you can use this! Be sure to share it with me, so I can have a listen to your creation!  Thanks:)

Freestyle #4 Free Vocals for SC Community (see description)

This the submission for the SC Tombola project put out by http://www.soundcloud.com/barclaybunch.  People signed up and our names were put in a hat, then partners were picked.  Whoever we were paired up with is who we were to collaborate on something with.  The partner I had was https://soundcloud.com/sweatyd who is working on a mixtape at the moment.  Be sure to check in on his sounds!  Hope you enjoy!  Be sure to check out all of the submissions here: 

https://soundcloud.com/barclaybunch/sets/soundcloud-tombola-radio

and find out everything about the project, including names of all the participants, on the blog at:  http://sctombola.wordpress.com

Wont You Help Me (SC TOMBOLA submission w/SweatyD read descrip.)

**UPDATE**
Yes, still doing collaborations when I can --- but, focus is on a brand new project right now. Release Date is September 16, 2014. From the Heart - a collaborative album w/ http://www.soundcloud.com/derek-cornett.  Stay tuned in at http://www.monicadockery.com for updates on that project as well as on my Youtube for behind the music footage.

I love good music.  I try to make good music. Love sharing it on here and meeting other talented artists.  I have an eclectic style, I love all genres and like to collaborate with all walks of life:).  My first EVER album was released on October 15, 2013.  I poured my heart and soul into it.  Each song has been written and produced by yours truly (w/ the exception of a few of the drum tracks donated by some of my SC friends and a rap features by my good friends Ben Z, Dash the Baptist, TheNamesMillen). I wanted to produce/mix it myself because I wanted my first album to be a true reflection of me and my current level of skill/ability in all areas (even if it shows my weaknesses).  To me, authenticity is key and so is challenging oneself.  I think you'll find something in there to connect to...at least that is my hope.  Thank you to everyone who has inspired/encouraged me on here, without you, I would have never grown to find my own voice and to go through the work of putting this album together.  So BIG THANK YOU!!!  The album (free streaming) is at http://www.monicadockery.bandcamp.com.

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